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  British physicist wins MTP for research in magnetic disk storage RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-10 09:01 +0000
    Re: British physicist wins MTP for research in magnetic disk storage Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2014-04-10 18:00 +0000

#2340 — British physicist wins MTP for research in magnetic disk storage

From the «MTP = most treasured prof» department:
Title: Stuart Parkin awarded prestigious Millennium technology prize
Author: Nicola Davis
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 09:11:00 -0400
Link: http://feeds.theguardian.com/c/34708/f/663871/s/39281226/sc/5/l/0L0Stheguardian0N0Ctechnology0C20A140Capr0C0A90Cstuart0Eparkin0Emillennium0Etechnology0Eprize0Ecloud0Ecomputing/story01.htm
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British physicist wins award for breakthrough in magnetic disk drive storage
capacity, heralding era of cloud computing

British scientist Prof Stuart Parkin has won the 2014 Millennium technology
prize[1] worth 1m (£824,400) for research that has led to a phenomenal
increase in the storage capacity of digital devices and heralded the era of
cloud computing.

The Watford-born physicist told the Guardian he planned to use the money to
buy a house in Halle, Germany, but was aiming for a low-key celebration.
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[1]: http://taf.fi/en/millennium-technology-prize/ (link)
[2]: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/09/stuart-parkin-millennium-technology-prize-cloud-computing (link)
[3]: http://feeds.theguardian.com/c/34708/f/663871/s/39281226/sc/5/mf.gif (image)
[4]: http://da.feedsportal.com/r/194479917851/u/0/f/663871/c/34708/s/39281226/sc/5/rc/1/rc.htm (link)
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[10]: http://da.feedsportal.com/r/194479917851/u/0/f/663871/c/34708/s/39281226/sc/5/a2.htm (link)
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#2352

On 2014-04-10, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> British physicist wins award for breakthrough in magnetic disk drive storage
> capacity, heralding era of cloud computing

The era of "cloud computing" started decades ago with the advent of
service bureaus where one would rent time on a remote mainframe.

That does not diminish Parkin's achievements, of course, but the
constant marketing spew which heralds a "new" age of computing that
we actually went through 40-50 years ago is annoying.

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